Trolley



J. F. REILLY TROLLEY Filed Dec. 6. 1921 4 Shea ts-Sheet 2 Inventor: Jmes- ERezlZQ July 10, 1923.

J. F. REILLY TROLLEY E iled Dec. 6, 1921 L5 Inven/Zoh? 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 JznwsliRe i 1 to 4 ojf the drawings, in the particular embodiment of my invention therein shown the trolley or carriage comprises a framework 10 made up of suitable structural H ltaehed to the proper-operative part oft'h shapes and plates, said frameworkbeing provided with hearing blocks @151 in thel upper, portion thereof, which bearing blocks storm a means of support forshafts 12 upon which sheaves 13 are journaled, lhe sheaves form a means forf fsupportingthe trolley'oi" carriage upon a suitable cable '14, which is supported at its ends beyond the points be qtvveen which the material-:i-stohe transported.

To any suitable, portion of the framework 10 thereis; attaohed, asiat l6, one end of a cable 17, Eivhi'chfcable '17 thence extends downward and then aroundza "pulley 18 of a pulley h1ook1l9, thencepassinglupvvard and around asheave 20,3vhioh :isejournalled on :a shaft ZigflWhlGlfl SlliLftjZl is in turn supported by means of blocks 22; supported in any sui-table manner. in the framework 100f the,

trolley voI1.-,carriage. Afton-passing varound the sheave {E20, the ,oab-le 17- extends to, and is adapted to be Wound upon a controllable; drum ofthe :poWer :unitynot' shown.-

' There is falso attached to the framework 1-0 ,of, theae'trolley or oarriage-the end of an additional cable'23, which also extends ,to, and- 1is*adapt V .3 edto ;be Wound upon;another ieontrollable drll-m'of theabovegmentioned power unit, not

show'n the. :oable 231-bei ng providedewhereby,

I in o-conjunetion' with the" hoistingoable 17,

26,;and 1 forms a :m'ea'nsfor journalling the -"z sheave 131111 63 318 around which theflcable- 17 passes j for th'e purposez'ofsupporting 9 saidgpulleyibloekin thegloweriloop ofsaidf Cables; Between. the, side plates-325there'isrv mounted a casting i28,-;arranged below the 3 w ipulley :18, for properly spacing the sides plates with respect to each other, and also a for ;preven;ting 'gth'e hoisting cable; from ,leavingthe grooveofthe pulley l8. The."

sand fin ,{the 1 lower, conners thereof there are merite i ts x -fo, r.ming' i3 "means; for: W d reet a-ttach mentrgof 'the arms 30 of thOu the cable 14,

fullydescribed.

the:trolley or carriage may be shi fted upon as will hereinafter {be more 1 YT-he pulle'y bl-oek flieornprises side i 725,;havi-ng securedpngthe (interfaces there? of horizontally arranged bars-or steps 26, and thesebars orlsteps 26 hich are mount-- edion the side plates 25 of the pulley block the side plates 251an d inthe bars" or steps side plates 25 are; also eontinued downward gIQb vbHOkQEtj-Sd? ithout the use' of hook or connecting links,-

has formerly been icustomary, f Fhe I particular construction of the grab bucket 81 need not he further,

{ ,5 $1. same-may be. of any inf ably .jeu aall d i the thence extends-to, and is} adapted tome-=1" ound upon a controllableidrum ofstfhe? ally mounted afbar or l pav'vl ;;31,"the.end

, ally supported by sme'ans'of ithe; {Shili extensions -32, vare so: positioned; and

of the pulley block 19, and thereafterf th constitute a Qmeans for seating the pulleywrblock' 19 ithin the trolley "or carriage- Wh le :theU-sameis being transported along r h Ca le 14. VA shaft 327 is su 'iported in,

I gravity ito said position;

v37, which is arranged in the zpath ofmp vided "Witl1- a, lever, 38 which is connec by means of a'fconnecting rod 139, wit

y-otally mounted, bars or pawls 31. Each member, 741, ,,normally depending;ydoiv nr the common types of such devices, "5; are well known to those skilled in zthis An additional cable-43 isl suitably watgrab {basket 81 for; the epiwpofie v 01? g ctu atihg the same" and passes n pvf rd' anound-- and over sheaves 4:4: and 45,]Which are' suit f fame'work 10 Roi?" the trolley or ""car'ria g The cable, 43'

shown.

At the lower end-.of the "trolleyiio riage,-,0n each side thereof, thereis;

here nbe eie .amentierad p e n t of which areajournalled, by means of she-ft like ends @212, in-the framework 10,121 these fbars ,or; pawls B'IY Y normalIy restti-po and are'supported h-y hars or supportin' ledges 33 "which extend ac1'0ss,*an( l I; fixedly securedato the bottom portions v the respective side members of the" frame Work-,- 10 o f =;theV-trolley or.lcarriage; shaft-like 'extensions 32,:preferably atgion end of each; bar or'pawl 31, -have ,,mot1nt ed, thereon @a leverjarmiBt, ,whioh lever; "ar 7 are connected "at their outer endsflby mean of;ayeonnectingrodfl35-tvherhy theibar orapawls .31 are lconstrained ito,be raisedj and loweredingunison fi-nj theirqpivo movements I The barsI'or p 331 rvhich areigp ranged as to be ac laptedj to; r-he sen'counteret and raised out of their--ynorrnalv positions bykmeans of "the bars g-or -proj:eeting steps 26*Whidl1 are mounted on the X side plates same are a permitted J-to drop'xto their mal positions shy: gravity: to. form af-sea upon which theund'er edges of the bars projecting steps 2 1mg; adapted? to" (nor; mally restafter. the cable has, been jslaoked olt permitting the pulley block l9.ito flof wei Suitably journalledfnithe framewor. 10 o,f. the-.trolley orjcarriagf isfa shaftkfigi which carries a projecting lever member Ward movement of the pulley,biockua; is adapted to the encountered; and; aetuat thereby [W'h en the"pulley;blockv is raises a predetermined position- {within the it leyor-icarriage. aThe-TshaftBG is also p lever 4 0 which is carried by one o-fsrthei p'l;

theiis upporti-ng I 'barsi=-'.orpawls 31 1is provided With -a eentra lly located strip;

Wardghut adapted, when the harsior parvls of an :I beam constituting a it 'ackway ich mayb sepp e y ny typ of S able, framework, not shown. Also, in this form o r embodim entg of the invention, the

. pulleyv block, instead 1 of directly supporting the grab} bucket or container, mayhave at "tachedithei eto a suitable hook the Ineans of attachment comprisin -the links,57 a nd 518,

and the link 57 being supported in the j p-ulley block 19 eta bolt 59-'., ,Consequently the cable $8 for actuating thew grab bucket mayjinf.thi sfform, beoniitted, as

suspended {110m its ifr ee vend, -vwher'ebythe beused in connection with the form Ioraembodin ent ofthe invention shown in Figs. 1 v V H a v .v 5 load is-being transpotted Eurtherlnor eEzgce p't above noted, thewconstn lctiony ani angement and operation ,of V the formforv .einbodiment of my invention shown in Figs. 5 7 and 6 are, js ubstantially like the, vform 7 01E"; 50f embodiment thereof shown in Figs; to 4 0f .Jthe d aWiIigs-c g bars or pawls 31 maybeai'bitrarily actuated by an operator locatedatreiither or both of thgpointsof loading and discharge of the gbiickets which ne adanted tobe engaged v the h0okf56.- :Byo this arrangement, thep1i1 leyfblock @19 -"may be arbitrarily released fromfits support within the trolley or car 'riage andthe same permitted todeseend, this arrangement, being, more particularly desirable in suchv cases when the: operator at; the power i nit'may ot, owing to distance io r 'ohstliuctions,havea clear tiewfof the trolv leyor "ca1;riage, and ma'y, theiteby .fbe 'jpre-f vent ed =acti1atingthe gable 17 with snflicientTnicety to always effect the Hauto Inaticfrelease of; ithelpulle'y block 19- from withinxthetiolley or carriage, when it is de-I ireditopermit:the. said pulley block to odescent-l. It" will, of course, be understood,

however, that the level" may, if desired,

to l. 1

"lnhthef r-m r embtdimfitlqf the avail releaslng vopepation vmay be .supplemente tiongs hown in and 8 ofthe drawings, the trolley or cai-i ia'geis likewise. ad aptedio travel and "be transported on .a' trackway such as the, lower flangehi of and beamibh. In this instancahoweer, the framework 10 ofthe' trolley orcarriage is provided with a sel f contained o er unit forf the "purpose of 'transpor-tingthe tmlley or. carriage; t "along the track-way and also forf'eleyating the, pulley block 19 ,This; power units 65 l V c i a t nnae su p nded r m. an

adapted to travel. hpon an, overhead that;

maybe of any preferred type} and the .de-*

' tailed v.construction;thereofforms --no .part

ofthe'present application. Asthere shown,

the salne comprises an elect 'ic motor (id slips pli i h -el etr powei' J ny m ters manner, not shown, agnd i adapted t0-act1ltt 17' is, adapted to the T Wound, the oth insw hich apparatusfthe adwfllhposit e-j so manipulated as to perform all of the;

1 tions, whereby. the saine inay if desired 1 sine g {r w rk n enn ct o w th pparatu -as us d underfthe control o f the operator, a drum 6? around which; the ,5 hdisting "cab end of said i hoisting -cable being foo nected, as. 1 at 16,; tof, anyzsuitablejlpai t the apparatus j The pti olley", o1 ".ca friag with the power unit cax i' iedgitherebm f pended from the t iackway I along which t sanie, is adapted totnayel neansaof t 1 tion Wheels 1 68 which are j ournalled stud shafts '69 which, in t'nrh*, a1 e sufip 1' by the. frameworklfillto which theguppen,

partofthe powerinnitf65 issecni'edr'by o1 72. "The tractioii Wheels :68 are w t jaflanges 3i id d w t 'l g a te T l PQ fd i' n he e 'v prefeine'diyform of mi nte rmediate mechanism, not shown,;bnt as will be dily lTStOOCU whi h be {actuated by In other t respects. the; construction a gm n a perat on f fthe io m embodiment of theinventionl shown .inJ E' 7 e and 8 of the ,drawingsfarfl Substantial like Ethelonm :or enibodiment thereof show 'FigY li dfibf eid f awi i s- It Will be seen ,-that there is thusf prov ded is 'mjp e and efi ientf tmlley a mit? adaptedxto travel fupon .anloverhead cable m'c way; for handling the materials in, an bvu ns ne i si' re nr ia d the 1y held while" thegg m is 'ei ng; thanspdiited thus affording? a nia xim n n of safety .If e; P sons lea'ed in n ab a work, the. arrangement being f stich" that t p l ey k wi he' :pt s y-- 15, 9, 99 within the gtroll'ey or carriage I Wh-il in' {t a spo a p it held: therein notwithstanding. ,the cable sholild break or be -slacked- }off whil,

the; apparatns maybe operated means f a simple typeof power unit, whichfmay e e z ifin n o ns' a :k s e in 1 p:

entirely. ccontfolled by iaiiSingle .operat cated at the *pQWGE. Amity 01" idesired,.@ t

by additional operat'oi s suitably located l, epgoperf-pesi iqas ith-r sp the an: a

i is. h1 $wise? b iith s t characterist-ic: features ,ofa my- 1 inventioj h da mr as ne andid e t se ure LettersiPatentis l. I ".japparatus way], a controllable rcahlejone ,lend of whichl normal operative positions; a

- 7; In apparatus of the character described determined position i'n-the carriage, means .operative'ly connected"w1th sa1d member for a' carriage suspended from and adapted to travel upon an overhead trackway, a controllable cable one end of "which "is attached to* said carriage, said cable extending downward in a'lo'op from said carriage, a-pulley block 'susp'ende'd in said 100p ofs a-id cable, members mounted in the carriage and adapted to be moved" asideby said pulley blockfa'ndto'" thenl returnjto their normal positions to form a'ise'at for supporting said pulle block 'insaid carriage, means adapted tobe" encountered and operated by said pulley block when'thesamepassesto a predetermined position 'in the carriage for moving said supporting members to positi ohs' 'wl'i'ereby' the pulley block maybe permitted to pass below the same, means actuated by the pulley block as the same descends to return said supporting members to their normal" operative positions, and means adaptedto position said pulley block within said'carriage;

' 8, In apparatus oatthecharacterdescribed a'carriage suspended from and adapted to travelup'0n an overhead trackway, a vcon trollable cable o'ne endof which is attached to said carriage, said cable extending downward in a-looififrom said carriage, a pulley block suspended in said loop of said cable, members mountedfilr'the carriage and adapted to be move'd aside by said pulley block an'd to then return to their normal positions 'tol'orm, a" seatfor supporting said pulley block in said carriage, a 'member movabl y rru'iunted in said carriagearrang ed above said' supporting members and adapted to be encountered and operatedby saidpuL ley block whenthe 'sam'epasses-to-a pre moving said supportingmembers to} positions whereby the joillleyblock may be permitted-to pass below the'same','m eans actuated by" the pulley-block asi the" same descends to return said supporting members to their normal "operative positions, and

meansada-pted to pps'ition the pulley block within sa'ifd,carriage." v v v 9. In apparatus ofth'ei-character described a carriage suspended- "from and adapted to travel-upon an"overheadtrackway, a controll'able cable one end-of which is attached ed tobe mov ed 'as'ide byj sai'd pulley block and to thenreturn to-l their normal posi; eo s to forma seat ,forsupporting said pulley block in said carriag'e,'- a' member scribed a carriage suspended from jand adapted to travel aupo'n arr overhead track.

movably "mounted 'in said' carriage arranged v aboyesai'd' supporting members. and adapt pulley block when the same" passes to a p return said supporting 1i members to th normal operative positions, "and" men scribed a carriagelsuspen'ded fronl' moving said supporting bars' to p-o'sitlonsf to pass below the same; aiflnmanually ope able lever;connectedtherewitktfor arbitrar 1y actuating said supportin g bars and in adapted to travel? upon an: overhead: firae' the sides of said pulley block," me v I mounted-' inthe carriage and adapted o moved aside by said bars'on the sidesiet tions' whereby the pulley block-may ,be pe ative positions;

ed to beeilcounter ed pperated by-ea determined position in the carriageyl work connected "withsaid members for ing said supporting members to p'osit whereby the pulley block may be permitt to pass below the same, means actuate the pulley blockas the same descends adapted to psitiOn saidpulley block in'saidcarriage. E I

10; In apparatus offthe characte l adapted toatrayel up'onwan overhead trac way, a controllable 'cablebne' end oii 1 is attached to said ea1-riage;-saiaeabie xtending downwardiin albopafromfsaid e ri age, a pulley blocksuspended insaidlof of said cable,'b'ars pivotallymounted} carriage and adapted to "be raised b said V pulley block "and to then return-to normal positionstotorm v a Seafli 'i bl I 7 porting said pulley r block saidcarri a e" a membenmovably mounted in -said V ria g'eari anged ab'oye sai d sup-porting"bars f: and; adapted to be enceimteredfand operated] ,7 by said pulley blockwhe-nitlie same. passe to' theuppermost position irr=the1carri f1 link work connected-"with said member whereby the pulley blockmay-{be permit Way, a pair of controllableacablesitheends e of which n are I attached to said carriagesone' iofiaid'cablesfeztending downward in'awloep I 7 from saidcarriagma'plrlleyblo cksuspended V, 1

in said loop of said 'c'able', bars mounted" I if said pulley block and to then r'eturn to-the f 1 5 normal positions t0 forma seat for su' p1'jo 'f i ing said pulley block in said carriage; means adapted tobe encountered and o erated said pulley block when 1 the (same passes a predetermined position" intlie carriage torn n'ioving said supporting members to" pa fan mitted to p ass dbe'low the same, and nae?) actuated by the barsoni'the'a slide sffoffthepi ley block as the same descendto return s'a supporting 'membersto 3 their-normaf open "12'. 1h ap umtus da um"rclianaetee d an? to? position's whereby th-e' pu1 1ey block may be pe'ljmittedlto' pass below the same; z'cmanually" 'opera'ble' lver' operatively cohnected ,5 th'eifewith for arbitrarily actuat-ing sai dsupp01tihgba,-i"s; tripping nriembers opemcively .iCOjQIl GCtBd with said supporting bars arlaptg ed '60 befencountered by-the pulley blo'ck as yiage for p qs itiqrljyg the" pully block ther" i slgriggl my; flange."

oositigins and-"means Mountedin said -1021;

111" testimony wlieff 'I I Heifeu 

